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The second annual Queens for a Life Pageant will take place April 19 at 1 p.m. at the Owen County High School Auditorium.
The deadline to enter is April 5 for a fee of $30. There will be no door entries this year.
This pageant is an open pageant to all counties that have contestants who wish to participate.
All proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society and Owen County Relay for Life.
If you would like to make a donation or sponsor an award, contact Rita Lathrem at 502-750-1928 or Brittany Clark at 502-514-5926.

By Doug Brooks, Joan Kincaid and Meagan Greenlee
For the News-HeraldMarch 5 was our second Leadership Owen County session. We traveled to the schools, day cares, and to the Owen County Library.
Owen County really loves and takes care of their children.
After visiting the school system, we found out that they have several different programs helping children.

On March 15,27 teams from Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee, Ohio, and Pittsburgh, Penn. took part in the 2014 Rebel Judo Invitational.
The Marion Police Athletic League from Marion, Ind. took first-place honors with 59 points. DAMAC from Dayton, Ohio took home second place with 42 points. Owen County Judo Team took third with 40 points.

No one may have a perfect NCAA Tournament bracket but the Owen County High School baseball team has begun the season unblemished.
The team began the season last week with a pair of road games. The first came in Bedford against Trimble County on March 17.
The Rebels put up 10 runs in the first three innings but had to hold off a Raider rally to win the game 10-6.
Trimble County put up a five spot in the bottom of the fifth inning but could not manage to get any closer to drop their home opener.
The next game meant another bus ride for Owen County.

The 2014 softball season is under way.
The Owen County High School Lady Rebels traveled to Franklin County last week to begin the new season.
The team took on the Lady Flyers in the first game for both squads.
Franklin County scored runs in each of the first four innings to take a 9-0 lead into the fifth inning.
In the top of the fifth, Reagan Sutton doubled and came around to score on Allison Dempsey’s single for the lone Lady Rebels’ run.

The Owen County High School track teams spent Friday night in a frenzy.
The teams traveled to Union where they took part in the Ryle Friday Night Frenzy. Paula Rivera, Hailey Hatchett and Autumn Hunter had good nights for the girls and Hunter Trenary performed well for the boys.
Rivera finished fourth in the discus and ninth in the shot put while Hatchett was fourth in the shot put. Hunter finished eighth in the 3200-meter run. Trenary was second in the 3200-meter run and sixth in the 1600-meter run.

A Friday morning fire on Claxon’s Ridge Road has been ruled arson by the state.
Monterey Volunteer Fire Chief Larry House said the fire at 645 Claxon Ridge Rd. began around 6 a.m.
“It was mostly smoke damage,” House said. “It was burnt on the inside real bad, but it didn’t burn all the way down.”
House said an arson investigator was called to the scene and ruled the blaze arson.
“The (house door) had been kicked in from the outside and gas had been poured in the hallway next to the furnace,” House said.

Owen County Sheriff Zemer Hammond is hopeful someone can identify one of the two people involved in a drive-off at Smitty’s Gas and Food Sunday.
Hammond said the incident took place around 6 p.m. when a blue Nissan pulled into the gas station, located at 6035 Hwy. 355 in Gratz.
“A man and a woman came out of the car,” Hammond said. “The woman went in and asked where the bathroom was while the man pumped gas.”

A bill in the Kentucky Legislature could bring major changes to the city classification system.
State Rep. Ryan Quarles, R-Georgetown, who represents Owen County, said what the bill does is clean up an antiquated system that is overly complex.
“Basically, what it does is create two classifications - Louisville, because of its size and type of government, and everyone else,” Quarles said.

Thanks to the Kentucky Education Commissioner, Owen County students will still get a couple of days of spring break.
The Owen County Board of Education met Monday and once again adjusted the school calendar for the remainder of the 2013-14 school year.
Owen County School Superintendent Rob Stafford said the board had applied to the Kentucky Department of Education to have the three days missed due to the waterline breaks in January excused.